Preparing for Unthanksgiving on Alcatraz (1996)
About This Item
Raw videotape footage from November 1996 on Alcatraz Island, originally shot on MiniDV and dubbed onto BetaCam SP tape featuring scenes of Native American activists - including Adam Fortunate Eagle and Sacheen Cruz Littlefeather - preparing for an Unthanksgiving ceremony on Alcatraz Island, to help commemorate the anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz. Includes views of participants arriving on the island and making their way up to the derelict prison structures, talking and singing as they pass go. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Note that this footage was originally shot on BetaCam SP videotape by James M. Fortier for the PBS documentary 'Alcatraz is Not An Island' and kindly donated to the TV Archive by Fortier in 2020.
- Date
- 11/28/1996
- Format
- BetaCam SP videotape
- Digital Format
- mp4 video file
- Genre
- Special interest
- Copyright Holder
- James M Fortier
- Duration
- 6:48
- Identifier
- fortier-3
- Views
- 1389
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